Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) is an important and interesting phenomenon, but it is a difficult challenge for numerical modelling. However there are several cases in which the interaction between the fluid and adjoining structure governs the physical behaviour of the system. Fluid-structure interaction plays an important role in general problems such as flow-induced vibration, blood flow in vessels and heart valves, and wind instruments and sailing. More automotive specific examples are aerodynamic induced deformation, aerodynamic noise, tire hydroplaning, air bag deployment, pressure driven engine valves, duct deformation in high pressure injection systems. An FSI model has been developed for FLUENT 6.2 using a dedicated FEM solver, coded as a user-defined function (UDF). Arbitrary thin structures are handled by the model, and include non-linear effects, such as the contact between rigid and flexible walls. Special care has been taken to manage boundary motion in FLUENT since the contact between moving surfaces is denied by FLUENT's remeshing algorithm. A special solution strategy that leaves the time of the CFD simulation virtually unaffected by the simultaneous working of the FEM code, is applied. The result is a general-purpose FSI model, capable of solving a variety of problems without the need for significant modifications to the software each time. Some test cases and application examples are presented in order to validate the code and to demonstrate its functionality.
Modelling FSI problems in FLUENT: a dedicated approach by means of UDF programming
Modellierung von Problemen der Fluidstrukturwechselwirkung im Programmpaket FLUENT: Ein zweckorientiertes Verfahren mit Hilfe der Programmierung nutzerdefinierter Funktionen
2005
14 Seiten, 12 Bilder, 2 Tabellen, 18 Quellen
Conference paper
English
Modelling FSI Problems in FLUENT: a General Purpose Approach by Means of UDF Programming
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